Internal Audit Senior Manager (BRS)

Job Description:

Technology Internal Audit - Senior Manager

London or Manchester + hybrid working

NEW GROUND WONT BREAK ITSELF

Every day our teams help people in businesses and communities to do what is right and achieve their goals.

Our Business Risk Services (BRS) practice focuses on helping organisation manage risk, improve operational processes and realise strategic objectives. Our team brings together a range of skills and experience across sector specialisms. Our BRS team, provide clients with support on their internal audit and technology risk (second line) functions, through the provision of tailored, flexible and cost-effective solutions, that provide access to industry best practice methodology, value add insights and subject matter experts. Our BRS team focuses on clients in the FTSE 100 and international large and complex corporates

We're happy to talk flexible working and consider reduced hours and job shares, we'll support you to balance your work and life.

A look into the role

• Take ownership and lead on allocated assignments in a way that exceeds client expectations while taking responsibility for managing and developing staff.
• Be responsible for overseeing the delivery of a number of technology internal audit / technology risk engagements, and manage portfolio of technology audit / technology risk engagement and relationships with clients.
• Support on business development activities, winning new clients and upselling services to existing clients
• Lead on planning conversations with clients, and in the preparation of draft terms of reference/audit planning documents.
• Providing subject matter expert input into technology audit / technology risk engagements and overseeing fieldwork performed by more junior team members, ensuring all work is performed in accordance with Grant Thornton methodologies, that testing sufficient and appropriate testing has been performed, and evidence to support key decisions has been obtained.
• Oversee, and review the work of, junior members of the team, supporting development and ensuring quality in the work performed.
• Hold close-out meetings with clients to ensure that they have a full understanding of issues identified and these are agreed, and write reports summarising the key observations from the work performed.
• Presenting reports and findings at Audit Committees and other senior management committees
• Support in the development of new technology audit / technology risk service lines and initiatives within BRS, with a focus (but not exclusively) on Cloud assurance
• Assist with the financial management of client relationships, including monitoring WIP, raising invoices, ensuring an adequate margin is achieved on engagements, and preparing budgets
• Leading on the developing annual audit plans.

Knowing you're right for us

Joining us as a Technology Internal Audit - Senior Manager (with a Cloud focus), the minimum criteria you'll need is a professional qualification (CISA, CCAK, CCSK, CCSP etc.) with post qualification experience, and to be confident managing a large portfolio of internal audit clients. It would be great if you had some of the following skills, but don't worry if you don't tick every box, we'll help you develop along the way.

• Experience of scoping, delivering, and reporting on technology internal audits, and in presenting conclusions to relevant stakeholders.
• Experience of managing internal audits of large companies in addition to dealing with complex technical matters
• Experience of delivering a technology audit / technology risk covering a broad range of areas, including cyber and network security, IT resilience, IT transformations, IT strategies, data protection, supplier management, and other.
• Strong experience of a range of cloud governance, technical configuration, and cloud specific topics such as security, data protection/privacy, availability, resilience, disaster recovery, performance, cost management, third-party management, and change management.
• Experience of auditing public (such as AWS, Azure and Google Cloud) and/or private (such as VMWare) cloud platforms.
• Knowledge and familiarity with the Cloud Security Alliance Cloud Controls Matrix, cl